Railway system.



E: CASTANHO. RAILWAY SYSTEM. APPLICATION FI'LED 001'. 29, 1-913.

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Patented Oct. 6,1914.

WITNESSES E. GASTANHO.

RAILWAY SYSTEM.

-APPLIOATION FILED 00129, 1913.

1,1 12,979.- I Patented Oct. 6, 1914.-

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WITNESSES INVENTOH Anon/ms E. GASTANHO.

RAILWAY SYSTEM.

ABPLIGATION FILED 0013.29, 1913.

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ATTORNEYS CASTANHO. RAILWAY SYSTEM. APPLICATION 'FILBD 001. 29, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

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[11' if WITNESSES l- INVENTOR 3/9 /0 6 5 H0 Wk [2/ 4 7fl/V [j ATTORNEYS UNITED T STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELISIARIO CASTANHO, OF SAO PAULO, BRAZIL.

RAILWAY SYSTEM.

To all whom it m a e concern Be it known-that I, ELISIARIO CAS'I'ANHO, a citizen of Brazil, and a resident of the city of Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have invented a new and Improved Railway System, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to a railway system which maybe embodied in the form of amusement apparatus, or in a railway'for general purposes. 1

: It is a design of my invention toprovide a railway car and tracks constructed and arranged to. promote safety in guarding against derailment of the car.

It is a further design of myinvention to provide a novel arrangement of track brakes on the car.

Other objects will appear' from the'following description. 1

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming'a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate.corresponding parts in. all the views. I

Figure 1 is a side ele'vation of a car embodying my invention, the view showing also a section of elevated track for the car; Fig. 2 is a central longitu'dinal vertical section; Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view; Fig. .4 is a rear end view with parts broken away, the view showing ground tracks in addition to elevated tracks; Fig. 5 is a detail end view on one of the brakes employed on my improved car; F ig; 6 is a sectional plan view of said brake on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. 7 is a detail end view of another of the brakes; Fig. 8-is aside elevation showing theoverlapping elevated and ground tracks; Fig. 9 is a cross sectional view indicating a modified arrangement of the tracks; and Fig. 10 is a view similar to Fig. 9 and'showin another arrangement of the tracks.

In constructing a car in accordance with ,my invention the body 10 is, at the ends, preferably tapered, presenting curvilinear angles. The car is provided with any Sllllr able motor 11, which in practice may be in driving connection with any approved means for propelling the car, there being indicated in the present example .a front propeller 12, theshaft 13 of which may be driven by'an endless chain l ihaving suitable driving connection with the motor 11.

A framework is provided which, for economy and lightness while afi'ording the de- Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed October 29, 1913.

Patented Oct. 6, 1914.

Serial N0. 798,001.

sired strength, is preferably made up of tubular elements or pipe sections, it being understood that the frame will be varied in practice, according to the design of the car. In the present example the frame comprises a central longitudinal top bar 15, a similar longitudinal bottom bar 16, a vertical connecting bar 17 at the rear angle of the car, and front upright bars 18, which at their lower ends are of the eneral form of a fork, the upper ends of which are united to the vertical member 18". tical bars 17 may be braced by diagonal members 19.- In connection with the head frame members, side frames are provided, each comprising a longitudinal top bar 20, a longitudinal bottom bar 21, and upright bars 22 connected at the lower ends with thebars 21 and joined'at their u per ends tothe main longitudinal bar 15 by transverse members 22. The lower bars. 21 of the side frames are joined by cross bars 21 At the front the ver' tracks 26 are employed, as hereinafter further explained.

At the front-and back at the sides of the car, auxiliary frame members 27 are connected with the upright members 22 of the side frames and braced by any suitable frame members 28. The auxiliary frames 27 are provided at their ends with brackets 29, formed on or secured to which are pairs of hooks 30, the hooks of a pair being ap{ proximately in vertical alinement and extending laterally above and below the tracks 25, the hooked ends being disposed toward each other and lying outside the heads of the rails. The said hooks serve to prevent derailment by engaging the track in the event the gage ofthe latter should be slightly broadened at any given point along the track. The brackets 29 or any other convenient supporting members of the frame mount horizontal friction wheels 31, disposed at the inner sides of the rails and adapted to contactwith the latter when the car rounds a curve. The said wheels 31 serve as pilot wheels and relieve the pressure and strain on the flanges of thdrunning wheels 23, 24 on curves. The friction wheels brake shoes instead of rollers.

' 'manner by the motorman. x the chain 39, passes around guide sprockets 31 may be adjusted laterally with respect to the rails 25, there being provided for the purpose slots 32 in the brackets 29, in which the plivot pins '33 of said wheels may be move Additional frame members 34 extend from the transverse frame members 28 or other convenient frame elements and are. connected by the crossbars,35, 35. These lastmen-v tionedframe members support brake devices which preferably comprise at one end,.isay

the'b'ack, roller brake devices adapted to engage the track, andv atthe opposite end,

members 34, 35 support bearing mem'-' bers 36, 36 in which upright shafts 37, 37

have bearings, said shafts being provided with sprocket wheels 38, driven by endless; chains 39, 39*, which are driven fronrthe motor '11, and controlled in any suitable As here shown 39, and, longitudinally around a driving sprocket 39, (Fig. 3); Similarly the chain 39 passes around guide sprockets/ 39? and longitudinally around a drive sprocket 39,

The shafts of the s'prockets 39, 39, have hand wheels 39orjo'thermeans'to enable the motorman' to"apply or release the brakes through the medium of the chains 39,39;

responding threads in the respective The roller brakes are designated generally .by the numeral 40 'andrthe shoe'brakes' by the numeral 41, and are shown detail in Figs. 5, 6 and 7 The brakes 40 comprise a brake block 42 ,'in which is journaled the,

vupperdor'ake roller .43'and a; lower brake block 44, in which is jour'naled a air of lowerfbrake'rollers 45, the upper'roler being adapted to bear against the'top of the track 25 and the rollers 45 against the under" side of the rail. Similarly the upper brake brake shoes against'the rail 25, or away from prevent a jar.

the rail to apply or release the brakes By providing the roller brakes at one end of the car the braking action thereof will be'grad- 'ual, and the shoe brakes can then'be applied to give a more positive-braking action, the successive use The overhead track may be supported and braced in any suitable manner. j As here shown the rails' 25 are carried by blocks 49 on posts 50 that rise from the cross ties 51 The franie of the brakes thus serving to diagonal braces 52 being employed at the outside of the posts. In the'form shown in Fig.9, uprights 52 rise from the ties 51"ai1d i are oinedby an overhead cross bar 53, the elements 52, 53, being preferably in the form of a single arch. The lower running wheels 24 in this form of the invention run on ground tracks 26, while the upper wheels 23 travelalonthe under side of overhead rails 54 depeindi ng from the cross-bars 53. Horirzonta'lly' dlsposed friction wheels 55' corresponding withthe friction wheels 31, travel a wail-56 is supported at the under side of the cross bar 53, it being understood that said cross bars are arranged at proper intervals throughout the length of the track." The lower running wheels of the car run on the tracks 26 asin the form shown in Fig, 9, and instead of the upper running wheels, a single friction wheel- 23"" may .run along the underside of the monorail, while hori zontal guard-wheels 55"? engage the said rail at each side. L ven'tion it will thus be seen that the arrangement of the' tracks and wheels prevents derailment of the car.

Referring particularly toFig. 8, it will be seen that a terminal of the overhead track 25'extends beyond and above'the adjacent,

end of the terminal of the ground, track 26 and the. arrangement is such that the car will leave the overhead tracks anjd take the,

ground tracks without shock for" jar. The end of each rail'of the overhead track 25' is given a slight downward inclination as 'at 25, and the lower head 25 gradually tapers and terminates short of the'end of the rail, so that the under-wheel's 24 will graduall leave the underside of the overhead trac and as gradually engage the ground tracks 26, nation of the overhead tracks will result in the weight of'thecar gradually leavingthe overhead track's', since thelower running wheels 24 will engage the ground tracks In all the forms of the in-.

Similarly the downward incli- 26'as the upper wheels leave the overhead tracks 25.

It is to be understood that the arrangement of seats, windows, etc,, in the car as illustrated, may be greatly varied in practice. The type of car shown is convenientlyv provided with side doors 10*, arranged between the respective pairs of upper and lower running wheels.

Where an internal combustion motor is employed, the motor may be air cooled by any approved construction of cooler adapted for the purpose, the air to be taken through suitable hooded openings 10*.

' -"In "p'ractice, when a propeller is used, a

suitable clutch 57 and clutch lever 58 are employed, as indicated in Fig. 2, for making and breaking the driving connection with the chain 14. lhus, if the propeller is disconnected and free to revolve loosely, it serves as a retarder in arresting the motion of the car.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new, and deslre to secure by Letters Patent: r

1. A railway, comprising an overhead track, a lower track below and in approximate vertical alinement with the overhead track, said overhead and lower tracks overlapping each other, and a car having upper and lower running wheels approximately in vertical alinement and spaced to run respectively on the top and below the overhead track, the overhead track having at the overlapping end a downward inclination in the direction of the lower track. 2. A railway, comprising an overhead track having treads at the top and bottom,

a lower track below the overhead track, said tracks overlapping each other, and a car having upper and lower running wheels spaced to runrespectively on the upper and lower sides of the overhead track, the overhoml track at the overlapping end being inclincd downwardly in the direction of the lower track and having the head at the under side thereof gradually diminishing at the incline.

3. A railway car having upper and lower running wheels vertically spaced to accommodate atrack rail therebetween a horizontal wheel on the car inside the plane of the treadsof the wheels to bear upon a track rail, at the inside thereof in rounding a curve, and laterally disposed hooked members extending outwardly to engage a track rail at the outside.

4. A railway car having upper and lower running wheels, spaced from each other and in vertical alinement to accommodate a track rail therebetween, and hooked members extending outwardl and spaced to accommodate a track rail between them.

5. A car comprising a body having tapered ends, frame members extending longitudinally of the car at the top and bottom, members connecting the top and bottom frame members, side frames having connection with the top and bottom frame members, and running wheels mounted on said side frames. I

6. A car comprising a frame having connected top and bottom members arranged approximately centrally of the car, side members connected with the top and bottom members, a car body mounted within the frame, and running wheels on the side frames.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ELISIARIO CASTANHO.

Witnesses: y

Room: Cmcnnuorzolmxoro DA SILVA, Pnnno MARQUET. 1 

